The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: PAGE LITERARY SOCIETY RULE BOOK
Pages from the pocket rule book of the Page Literary Society at Millersville State Normal School, preserved among the personal papers of WWI soldier Pvt. Willis W. Wagener. Its constitution, officer duties, and rules of order reveal how debate and parliamentary procedure trained a generation of young Americans for civic life before wartime service.
"The Tower of the Old Normal Bell" — Illustration Page from a Literary Society Rule Book, Willis W. Wagener Collection
Illustrated Booklet Page with Circular Photo Vignettes: 'Over to Andy's' and 'Down Shenk's Lane'
Printed Page: "The Old Normal Bell" by John L. Shroy, Millersville Alumni Banquet Poem, 1907
Cover of "P.L.S." (Page Literary Society) Rule Book, Belonging to Pvt. Willis W. Wagener
Page Literary Society Membership Certificate, State Normal School, Millersville, PA, 1881 (Wagener Family Archive)
Title Page: 'Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of the Page Literary Society,' Pennsylvania State Normal School, Millersville, 1880
Table of Contents, Page Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws Rule Book
Constitution of the Page Literary Society -- State Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania (Willis W. Wagener Collection)
Page 5 of the Page Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws, Millersville State Normal School
Page 6, Constitution of the Page Literary Society, Millersville State Normal School - Wagener Collection
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 7 (Article IV-V, Officer Duties)
Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws, Page 8 -- Duties of President, Vice President, and Secretary
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 9 — Officer Duties (Editor, Critic, Librarian)
Page 10, Constitution of the Page Literary Society — Personal Papers of Pvt. Willis W. Wagener
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 11 - Article VII (Property), Willis W. Wagener WWI Collection
Page 12, "Article VIII — Amendment," Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws Booklet
By-Laws Page, Literary Society Rule Book, Millersville State Normal School (WWI Era)
Page 14, "Article III -- Committee of Curators," By-Laws of a Literary Society Rule Book (Page Library), with Period Pencil Annotations
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 15 – Willis W. Wagener WWI Collection
By-Laws of a Literary Society, Page 16 - Debate Rules and Society Governance
Page Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws, Page 17 – Articles IX and X
By-Laws of a Literary Society, Page 18 (Vice President, Librarian, and Treasurer Duties)
Page 19, Page Literary Society Rule Book - Article XI (Standing Committees) and Article XII (Special Committees)
Page Literary Society By-Laws, Page 20 — Article XIII, Anniversary Exercises
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 21 (Articles XIV-XV) — Wagener Collection
Page 22 from a Printed Literary Society By-Laws Booklet (Wagener Personal Collection)
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 23 -- Order of Business, from the Papers of Pvt. Willis W. Wagener (WWI)
Page 24 of the Page Literary Society By-Laws Booklet, Articles XVII-XVIII
"Rules of Order" Page from the Page Literary Society Rule Book (Willis W. Wagener Collection)
Page 26, 'Rules of Order' Pamphlet — Willis W. Wagener Literary Society Collection, WWI Era
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 27 - Rules on Debate and Division of Questions
Page 28, Rules of Order: Literary Society Procedural Rulebook (Wagener Collection)
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 29 - Rules on Adjournment, Privilege, Order, and Appeal
Page 30, "Rules of Order" Booklet of a Literary Society, Willis W. Wagener Collection, Early 20th Century
Page 31 of the 'Page Literary Society' Rule Book — Rules on Committees
Page 32, "Rules of Order" Literary Society Rule Book — Rules 67-75 (Amendments, Reconsidering and Rescinding)
Page Literary Society Rule Book, Page 33 (Rules 76-87)
Page Literary Society Business Forms Page, State Normal School, Millersville, Pennsylvania, 1880